ISAC (Isotope Separator and ACcelerator)

ISAC beam intensities

A list of representative radioactive ion beam yields (PDF, 100 KB) available at ISAC has been prepared by the ISAC Radioactive Ion Beam Development group.

ISAC accelerator specifications

The ISAC-I Drift Tube Linac (DTL) can accelerate ions to the energies shown in the following table: ISAC-I Range of Energy A/Q Minimum Energy (MeV/u) Maximum Energy (MeV/u) 2 0.15 1.90 3 0.15 1.79 4 0.15 1.74 5 0.15 1.64 6 0.15 1.53 The ISAC II superconducting linac is capable of accelerating ions to the energies shown in the following table. Please note that the maximum beam energy is currently limited by TRIUMF's operating license to 5 MeV/u. ISAC-II Range of Energy A/Q Minimum Energy (MeV/u) Maximum Energy (MeV/u) 2 1.5 10.5 5.0 3 1.5 9.0 5.0 4 1.5 6.8 5.0 5 1.5 6.0 5.0 6 1.5 5.0 Specs Beam standard transverse dimensions (at a focal point) 2 mm Transverse emittance 2 π mm mrad Longitudinal emittance 1.5 keV/u ns (ion dependent) Longitudinal emittance 1.5 keV/u ns (ion dependent) Energy spread (FWHM) with no buncher <0.4% Energy spread (FWHM) with buncher 0.1% Time spread (FWHM) with buncher 1 ns